Sergey Pavlovich Zalygin
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Gubernia, Russian Empire
– April 19, 2000 in Moscow) was a Soviet writer, novelist.
He was the first non-Communist Party editor-in-chief of the monthly literary magazine Novy Mir
(1986–1988). Zalygin was also an academician of the Section of Humanities and Social Sciences (since December 7, 1991).
Zalygin was widely known as an environmentalist
, and a prominent critic of the Siberian Rivers Rerouting Project
.
The English language edition of the novel, "The South American Variant" is listed on abebooks.com.
Ufa
-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...
Gubernia, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
– April 19, 2000 in Moscow) was a Soviet writer, novelist.
He was the first non-Communist Party editor-in-chief of the monthly literary magazine Novy Mir
Novy Mir
Novy Mir is a Russian language literary magazine that has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet literary magazine Mir Bozhy , which was published from 1892 to 1906, and its follow-up, Sovremenny Mir , which was published 1906-1917...
(1986–1988). Zalygin was also an academician of the Section of Humanities and Social Sciences (since December 7, 1991).
Zalygin was widely known as an environmentalist
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
, and a prominent critic of the Siberian Rivers Rerouting Project
Northern river reversal
The Northern river reversal or Siberian river reversal was an ambitious project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the Soviet Union, which "uselessly" drain into the Arctic Ocean, southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of Central Asia, which lack water.Research and planning...
.
Notable works
- Na Irtyshe [On the Irtysh] (1964)
- Solyonaya pad [Salt Valley] (1968)
- Iuzhno-Amerikansky Variant [South American Variant] (1973)
- Komissiya [Commission] (1975) – Sequel to Salt Valley
- Posle buri [After the Storm] (1985)
The English language edition of the novel, "The South American Variant" is listed on abebooks.com.